Charles W. Baker   Professor Emeritus Department of Biology
Year arrived at BSU: 1968 Mailing Address: Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 Office Location: Science Nursing Building 226 Office phone: 208-426-3499 FAX: 208-426-4267 e-mail address: cbaker@email.boisestate.edu

 

Academic Degrees and Postdoctoral Positions

B.S., University of Nevada, Reno, 1960. Biology.

M.S., University of Nevada, Reno, 1963. General Zoology (Botany minor).
Ph.D., Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1966. General Entomology
        (Zoology, first minor, Botany, second minor)

1966-1968 - Assistant Professor of Biology at California State Polytechnic College,    
        San Luis Obispo, California
1968 - 2000 - Assistant, Associate and Professor of Biology, Boise State University.
2000 - Professor Emeritus, Boise State University

 

Recent Teaching:

Z 230 General Zoology

Z 305 General Entomology

B 412 General Parasitology

B 498 Senior Seminar

Current Research Interests

• My major current project involves a species of Cicindelidae (tiger beetle) endemic to the dunes of the Snake River Plain in Idaho. This species, Cicindela arenicola occurs in open areas bordering large dunes and is potentially threatened by introduced plants which are colonizing these open areas. Independent studies by undergraduate students have been done on different aspects of this project during the past six years.

   

• Another recent project involving undergraduates was the rearing of adults of the family Vermileonidae (wormlions) which is a new record for Idaho. The predatory larvae of this family of Diptera live in dirt pits in a manner like that of the antlions in the order Diptera.

   

Technical Publications

Baker, C.W., and J.C. Munger. 1998. Bruneau Dunes Tiger Beetle Study - III. 1996 and 1997. Idaho Bureau of Land Management Technical Bulletin. 49 pp.

Baker, C.W., J.C. Munger, K.C. Cornwall, and S. Staufer. 1996. Bruneau Dunes Tiger   Beetle Study 1994 and 1995. Idaho Bureau of Land Management Technical Bulletin 97-7. 47 pp.

Baker, C.W., J.C. Munger, L. McCauley, M. Olsen, and G. Stephens. 1994. Bruneau Dunes Tiger Beetle Inventory. Idaho Bureau of Land Management Technical Bulletin 94-1. 45 pp.

Rychert, R.C., C.W. Baker, and M.C. Wicklow-Howard. 1978. Biological Impacts of &Geothermal Waste Water Discharge into the Boise River. Research Report Prepared for the Idaho Office of Energy. 80 p.

Publications

Ritcher, P.O. and C. W. Baker. 1974. Ovariole Numbers in Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Lucanidae, Passalidae, Scarabaeidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 76(4):480-494.

Baker, W. W. 1968. Larval Taxonomy of the Troginae in North America with notes on Biologies and Life Histories (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). United States National Museum Bulletin 279. 79 pp.